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  • A Gilded Iron Blade by Kai Butler

    A Gilded Iron Blade by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Saving the city was supposed to be the hard part...Parker Ferro can’t catch a break. After saving San Amaro from destruction for the second time and reconciling with his boyfriend, his current plans are to relax on his couch until his ears stop ringing.Unfortunately, the thousand realms he just saved have a way of yanking him back into service and the dead have come back to haunt him...
  • Gathering Mage by Michael Taggart

    Gathering Mage by Michael Taggart

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jason is getting ready to have the adventure of his life!He and Sandy are heading to the Gathering, which is a conference where the Heads of the Households of the supernatural world network, talk about problems and solutions facing the Houses, and learn a few things.Jason is going just to support Sandy, and figures he’ll have a mildly interesting time and be home soon...
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  • Dead Serious Case #4 Professor Prometheus Plume by Vawn Cassidy

    Dead Serious Case #4 Professor Prometheus Plume by Vawn Cassidy

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Inspector Danny Hayes has something very important to ask his boyfriend Tristan Everett. Over the past six months they’ve survived reapers, chaos monsters, and biblical storms, not to mention averting an apocalypse. So, what’s left to do but pop the big question?Tristan is ready for a break from world-saving, spectral crises, and most definitely from ghosts...
  • Buried Mage by Michael Taggart

    Buried Mage by Michael Taggart

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Gathering only lasted for seven days, but it ended up being a lot more of an adventure than Jason had expected. Now it’s time to head home, and Jason is excited to sleep in his own bed and hang out with John, Tyler, and Annabeth again.Jason learned a lot, and he’s eager to put that knowledge to use...
  • The Oak Wood Throne by Kai Butler

    The Oak Wood Throne by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    A new case won't solve Parker's old problems...Parker Ferro needs a vacation. His boyfriend is MIA on a high profile murder investigation, the fae courts have him on call at all hours, and he’s still cleaning up the mess from his last big case. Of course that’s nothing compared to the demands of the debt he owes the spirit of San Amaro...
  • Truth or Dare by Ariana Nash

    Truth or Dare by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    America. The land of the free. Unless you're a latent.Kage is missing. Alexander Kempthorne would prefer he stay that way. Life at the new-look Kempthorne & Co agency is difficult enough without adding a missing American to the mix. But John "Dom" Domenici won't abandon someone who was once their friend, even if Kage is technically an enemy...
    Categorized as:
    magic  mystery  queer  m-m  fantasy  urban fantasy  paranormal  abuse
  • Loveless, Volume 06 by Yun Kouga, Christine Boylan

    Loveless, Volume 06 by Yun Kouga, Christine Boylan

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 28 ratings
    When 12-year-old Ritsuka discovers a message from his brother Seimei that he was murdered, Ritsuka joins forces with Soubi to find Seimei's killer and uncover the truth...
  • Tide of Tricks by Ariana Nash

    Tide of Tricks by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A darkness runs deep beneath London ...Reeling from recent revelations and forced to lie for Kempthorne, the unthinkable happens: Dom fails the latent competency test. One more strike and he’ll be deemed unstable, have his registration stripped, and the life he's come to love at Kempthorne & Co will be over.If that weren't bad enough, someone is stalking him, taunting him...
  • Storm Warrior by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Storm Warrior by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Hale AndersonThe Air Weaver.He was the freaking Air Weaver. Not exactly what he expected when he got kidnapped by the pestilents, but Hale’s good rolling with the punches.He can take a little time away from his pursuit of a doctorate in astrophysics to save the world.Except that the final spell is poised to kill all the Weavers and their last hope lies with him finding his soul mate...
    Categorized as:
    magic  queer  m-m  paranormal  fantasy  urban fantasy
  • Loveless, Volume 08 by Yun Kouga, Christine Boylan

    Loveless, Volume 08 by Yun Kouga, Christine Boylan

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 26 ratings
    How can you find happiness when your very name is Loveless? Seimei is back with a vengeance, and it's Beloved vs...
  • Loveless, Volume 07 by Yun Kouga, Christine Boylan

    Loveless, Volume 07 by Yun Kouga, Christine Boylan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 27 ratings
    When 12-year-old Ritsuka discovers a message from his brother Seimei that he was murdered, Ritsuka joins forces with Soubi to find Seimei's killer and uncover the truth...
  • Mad Lizard Mambo by Rhys Ford

    Mad Lizard Mambo by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kai Gracen has no intention of being anyone’s pawn. A pity Fate and SoCalGov have a different opinion on the matter. Licensed Stalkers make their living hunting down monsters and dangerous criminals… and their lives are usually brief, brutal, and thankless. Despite being elfin and cursed with a nearly immortal lifespan, Kai didn’t expect to be any different...
    Categorized as:
    magic  mystery  queer  urban fantasy  fantasy  fae  paranormal  m-m
  • Basil by Michele Notaro

    Basil by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    When I was young, I used to dream of finding my viramore—my soulmate—in all these crazy and amazing scenarios. But then my ex-girlfriend hired a mind-bender to mess with my memories, and well, it’s no surprise that romantic notions flew out of the window for me...
  • The Elemental Ruins by Sam Burns

    The Elemental Ruins by Sam Burns

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What do you do the day after the world doesn’t end?If you’re River Keyes (yeah, me), you try to figure out how you’re going to live without the internet. Because we might have kept two worlds from being destroyed, but now I’m trapped in a place with no electricity, no takeout, and no phoning home...
    Categorized as:
    magic  suspense  mystery  queer  paranormal  fantasy  m-m  fae
  • Cronin's Key III by N.R. Walker

    Cronin's Key III by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    History isn’t always what it seems… Twelve months after his change, Alec MacAidan is still getting used to his many vampire talents. While most vampires would give anything to have more than one supernatural power, Alec craves nothing more than peace and time alone with Cronin. But when Alec meets entities from outside this realm, he’s left powerless in their presence...
  • Dead & Buried by T.K. Eldridge

    Dead & Buried by T.K. Eldridge

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Detectives Kennedy and Donovan were partners for years. Then one of them died. And yet, they're still partners. Kennedy has to solve Donovan's death while his partner's ghost helps him. Sort of...
  • Double Wolf Dare You by E. Broom

    Double Wolf Dare You by E. Broom

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I never thought my dreams of being a healer would come true, but it looks like they are about to. Tempest Tanner is a true witch from one of the original lines of light magic. All he’s ever wanted is to be a healer, and now, thanks to his new family, he can begin his training. But a dark spell puts Tempest's life in danger and his magic out of action...
  • Dark Fate by Kat Silver

    Dark Fate by Kat Silver

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ten days after the battle at Blackriver, Michael struggles with new forbidden desires, with his rampant Flame, and a deepening relationship with the taciturn werewolf, Commander Gabriel Flanagan.Feeling responsible for their loss, Michael longs to rescue the students stolen by the manipulative vampire prince, Alexei Vasiliev. But the High Council refuses to free Michael from his chains...
    Categorized as:
    magic  mystery  queer  paranormal  fantasy  m-m  witches  vampires
  • Envy: Wolves of Resurrection Road by Kiki Burrelli

    Envy: Wolves of Resurrection Road by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Savage. Charming. Alpha.Camel always gets what he wants. Except now, the one thing he wants is the one thing he can’t have. His first pack taught him that anything could be taken away if he wasn’t willing to fight for it...
  • Harbinger by Ava Marie Salinger

    Harbinger by Ava Marie Salinger

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Harbinger. COMING DECEMBER 2022...
  • Everybody Burns by Victoria Sue

    Everybody Burns by Victoria Sue

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Eli was only seven years old when he had been given to monsters.Sixteen years later he finally gets the chance for revenge, and with his enhanced abilities changing, nothing and no one is gonna stop him, especially a new partner that seems to see right through the black holes in his soul...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  queer  humor  fantasy  m-m  paranormal  abuse
  • Point Blank by Morgan Brice

    Point Blank by Morgan Brice

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Sexy psychic Simon Kincaide and skeptical homicide detective Vic D’Amato are getting married--if the ghost of a murderous magician doesn’t get them first!Simon and Vic’s wedding is just a few weeks away, and they’re hoping for a little peace and quiet to wrap up work before their honeymoon, but nothing ever goes that smoothly...
  • No Souls On The River by M. Kato

    No Souls On The River by M. Kato

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Homicide detective Hayashi Teruo and his partner, Miyazaki Shinji are juggling their personal and work lives, trying to keep their relationship a secret from their colleagues at the Tōkyō MPD.In the supernatural realm, the souls of the dead are disappearing from the Sanzu River, before they have reached the end of their journey in the afterlife...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  magic  suspense  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  contemporary
  • The Sunken Mall by K.D. Edwards

    The Sunken Mall by K.D. Edwards

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 18 ratings
    The Sunken Mall takes place after the events of The Last Sun. In an effort to more fully integrate their ward Max into the family, Rune and Brand endeavor to find Equinox gifts for the teenager. Their gift plans are shaped by Quinn, the teenager seer, who orchestrates a shopping expedition into the Worcester Galleria, a translocated mall magically-preserved as it was in the early 1980s...
    Categorized as:
    magic  mystery  queer  fantasy  urban fantasy  m-m  paranormal  humor
  • Where There's a Witch There's a Way by E. Broom

    Where There's a Witch There's a Way by E. Broom

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Who knew letting my walls down would change my life?Titus Compton works for the Witches’ Council. He has nothing in his life but work with the occasional town witch meeting in Cadenbury thrown in.However, Titus has a secret. He’s in love with Kean Stone, the sinfully handsome, fun-loving wolf shifter...
    Categorized as:
    magic  queer  mystery  fantasy  paranormal  witches  m-m  urban fantasy
  • Dim Sum Asylum by Rhys Ford

    Dim Sum Asylum by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    * Novel-length expansion of original short story found in Charmed & Dangerous anthology. * Welcome to Dim Sum Asylum: a San Francisco where it’s a ho-hum kind of case when a cop has to chase down an enchanted two-foot-tall shrine god statue with an impressive Fu Manchu mustache that's running around Chinatown, trolling sex magic and chaos in its wake...
  • Silk Dragon Salsa by Rhys Ford

    Silk Dragon Salsa by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    SoCalGov Stalker Kai Gracen always knew Death walked in his shadow. Enough people told him that, including his human mentor, Dempsey. Problem was, the old man never told him what to do when Death eventually caught up...
    Categorized as:
    magic  mystery  suspense  queer  fantasy  urban fantasy  m-m  fae
  • A Death at the Dionysus Club by Melissa Scott, Amy Griswold

    A Death at the Dionysus Club by Melissa Scott, Amy Griswold

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In the sequel to Lambda Literary Award-winning Death by Silver, metaphysician Ned Mathey and private detective Julian Lynes again challenge magical and murderous threats in a Victorian London not quite the city in our history books. Mathey is recruited by Scotland Yard to assist the new Metaphysical Crimes Squad in the case of a literally heartless corpse...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  magic  suspense  queer  fantasy  historical  m-m  paranormal
  • Marked by Shadows: MM Paranormal Romance Mystery by Lissa Kasey

    Marked by Shadows: MM Paranormal Romance Mystery by Lissa Kasey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Who would have thought a crafting retreat could turn deadly?An escape from the exciting life of New Orleans ghost tours sounded like a good idea at the time. Micah invites Alex along to experience a few days of crafts, fabrics, and hanging out with friends. Except the group is more interested in ghost hunting than costume making...
  • The Enchanter's Soul by Michele Notaro

    The Enchanter's Soul by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Many fall as the last enchanter rises… The first line of the ancient prophecy keeps playing over and over in my head, but I’m afraid to remember the rest. I don’t want to think about what’s coming for us—what’s coming for him. I’ve been keeping Brinnswick safe for years; I’ve been keeping my coven safe my whole life; and now I was responsible for keeping Sebastian safe, too...
  • Loose Ends by Morgan Brice

    Loose Ends by Morgan Brice

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Cold cases, old enemies, ex-lovers, and vengeful spirits are making life dangerous for psychic medium Simon Kincaide and his boyfriend, homicide detective Vic D’Amato. The ghosts of Myrtle Beach are restless, trapped by love, secrets, scandals, and spells, keeping Simon busy protecting the living from the unhappy dead...
  • Ghostly Target by E.M. Leya

    Ghostly Target by E.M. Leya

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When someone starts killing police officers in the city, Detective Angus Young prioritizes finding out who's attacking those he works with. He's determined to take down the killer before any more officers are targeted.Having the skill to speak to the ghosts of the dead is usually helpful to a medical examiner, but not when the ghosts can't identify who killed them...
  • Ashes and Prophets by Aiden Bates, Jill Haven

    Ashes and Prophets by Aiden Bates, Jill Haven

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I don’t know if he’s my ally… or my enemy.As our head of security, it’s my job to secure the weyr from all incursions - but somehow, this slip of a man got through all our defenses and into the very heart of our land.He says he’s here to help. Sent by a god. A prophet to aid us in an impending apocalypse. And worse, he has some of our people already believing him.I don’t trust him...
  • Edge Lines by Ava Marie Salinger

    Edge Lines by Ava Marie Salinger

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Gods have come to San Francisco…Cassius Black and Morgan King’s trip to Ivory Peaks to uncover clues about their past takes an unexpected turn when a rift materializes and war demons attack the capital...
  • Whirlwind by A.M. Rose

    Whirlwind by A.M. Rose

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Opposites attract, right?Felix had always been a relaxed, go with the flow, make no plans and see what happens kind of guy. He lived, he laughed, he spoke to ghosts. Pretty standard if you asked him. To the rest of the population? Not so much.But once a spirit calls him to Daydream, he gets caught up in a race to find out what happened to him...
  • No Surrender: Badlands Book 5 - A MM Psychic Detective Romance Adventure by Morgan Brice

    No Surrender: Badlands Book 5 - A MM Psychic Detective Romance Adventure by Morgan Brice

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Cold cases, hot leads, a psychic psychopath, a copycat killer, cursed objects, the trial of the century--and wedding plans.Psychic medium Simon Kincaide and sexy homicide detective Vic D'Amato met hunting a supernatural serial killer. Since then, Simon has become a police consultant on cases involving the paranormal, and Vic has gotten over his doubts about Simon's abilities being real...
  • In Plain Sight by K.C. Wells

    In Plain Sight by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Detective Gary Mitchell and psychic Dan Porter are now investigating cold cases that are literally falling from the sky—a headless body in 2006 and a carpenter who fell from a roof two years ago.The first case leads them into dangerous territory. The second feels like a dead end...
  • Forsaken Fae: Book Two by R.A. Steffan

    Forsaken Fae: Book Two by R.A. Steffan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Len needs to track down a handbasket ASAP, because things are going straight to hell.In the aftermath of the disastrous battle to close the rip between realms, he's stuck with a Fae who seems convinced that the only way to fix things is to leap directly into the maw of the Wild Hunt...
  • The Wolf's Secret by Claire Cullen

    The Wolf's Secret by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When is a wolf not just a wolf? When he has magic running through his veins. Fleeing Samhain Pack to protect them from his berserker nature, Barrett is alone in the wilds—and lost to himself. Until he tracks a most interesting prey and finds himself face to face with a mage. But Evan is not just a mage, he’s something their pack desperately needs—a healer...
  • Abandoned Things by Chani Lynn Feener

    Abandoned Things by Chani Lynn Feener

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Frankie is a fifth-year college student with a secret. He's the writer and creator of the popular web novel Gold and Silver. At least, he thought he was the creator of it.That belief is tested when one night Rook, the book's fan-favorite anti-hero, shows up outside Frankie's apartment, alive and very much real...
  • Gloombringer by Sam Burns

    Gloombringer by Sam Burns

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For decades, the four families who rule the Summerlands have been locked at an impasse. No one is fighting, but neither has anyone been speaking.We don’t have time for that anymore.Mount Slate, the volcano that sits in the middle of the Summerlands, is threatening to erupt, and only the four family heads working together can avert disaster...
    Categorized as:
    magic  queer  paranormal  fantasy  m-m  urban fantasy
  • Cast in Shadows by Alice Winters

    Cast in Shadows by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    AndrasWhen the light-magic users known as Casters took everything from me, I vowed to make them pay.Little did I know the perfect opportunity would show up in the form of a sweet Caster the moment I took his arrow to the heart… literally. Bastian knows that I’m made of dark magic, the very thing he’s been taught to destroy...
  • An Enemy Dragon by Aiden Bates, Jill Haven

    An Enemy Dragon by Aiden Bates, Jill Haven

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Dragons are scum. I know this. So why does this one make me feel so good? I know I should be proud to be a Templar. My daddy was one, and my granddaddy, too. And I am proud, don’t get me wrong. Of course I want to be part of ridding the earth of dragons before they can hurt anyone else. It’s just that the money doesn’t hurt, either...
  • I Buried a Witch by Josh Lanyon

    I Buried a Witch by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Something old, something new, something borrowed…something blacker than the darkest night. Cosmo Saville adores his new husband but his little white lies—and some very black magic—are about to bring their fairytale romance to an end...
  • Hero by Kiki Burrelli

    Hero by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Mercenaries. Outcasts. Alphas.Knox knows all the five of them have left now is each other. That, and the driving desire to find who had slaughtered their pack and make that person pay.But investigating a tragedy with only rubble as evidence requires money and time. Knox can find one and use it to buy the other...
  • Derivation by Lyn Gala

    Derivation by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Darren and Kavon have committed to each other, but magical rules are changing and that tests the strength of their bond. The death of a prominent Egyptian shaman and the shadowy remains of O'Brien's conspiracy to kill adepts and steal their magic also pressure the new couple...
  • The Red Collar by M. Kato

    The Red Collar by M. Kato

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Chief Inspector Hayashi Teruo is short-tempered, impatient and a perfectionist. When another one of his partners resigns, Teruo is assigned a new one transferred from Hiroshima. But this comes with a condition. If his partner quits before the end of the month, Teruo risks demotion...
  • Like a House on Fire by A.M. Rose

    Like a House on Fire by A.M. Rose

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Right, so … let’s see how he got himself in this mess.An estranged family member left him a house. Which is great. The house looks like it’s a soft breeze away from crumbling. Less great. The house is cursed and now Morgan is trapped inside it. Anything BUT great.Cursebreaker, please! And make him hot. Morgan’s been through a lot.Herbs? Check. Fire? Check...
  • Darkness by Eden Winters

    Darkness by Eden Winters

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Darkness follows Lieutenant Morrisey James.As an Atlanta PD detective, Morrisey understands the worst atrocities the city has to offer—or believes he does. His recent cases present something a killer who unleashes unbridled terror in victims before moving in for the kill. Morrisey has an edge, though, the terrifying ability to gain flashes of insight from each victim...
  • A Haunting at Midwinter by Kai Butler

    A Haunting at Midwinter by Kai Butler

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A paranormal PI. A cop who doesn’t believe in ghosts. And one very pissed off poltergeist. What a way to ring in the New Year.Parker Ferro is San Amaro’s top magical private investigator. It helps that he’s the only supernatural investigator in the city...
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